Superman Super Library #23

Published
April 1966
Page count
84
Cover price
0.15 AUD; 1/6 [0-1-6 AUP]
Colour
Black & white
Size
Pocket size
Interior paper
Newsprint
Cover stock
Glossy colour
Binding
Square bound
Format
Comic series
Branding
Colour Comics Pty Ltd
 
Colour Comics Pty Ltd
GCD
www.comics.org/issue/578636

Credits

Editing
, editor

Issue contents Hide all

Show/hide Cover The Last Days of Superman (Superman) Cover, 1 page

"What? Superman dying? How can that be? All the world has seen Superman prove time and again that he is indeed the man of Steel--invulnerable to the aches and ills that afflict ordinary men! Yet, incredible as it may seem, the country's leading physicians have given the fabulous man of tomorrow one short month to live! How does Superman face his doom? How will he spend his last hours on earth? How will he use the precious time that is left to him … "The Last Days of Superman""

Featuring

Feature
Superman
Genre
Superhero

Credits

Writing
Bill Woolfolk, scripter [as William Woolfolk]
Art
Al Plastino, penciller
 
Stan Kaye, inker
Editing
Whitney Ellsworth, editor [credited]
 
Mort Weisinger, editor [attributed] (actual)

Reprint history

First print
Superman (DC, 1939 series) #66 — The Last Days of Superman! (page 1)
Show/hide 1. Untitled (Mysteries in Space) Comic story, 1 page

Featuring

Feature
Mysteries in Space
Genre
Non-Fiction

Reprint history

First print
Unknown

Notes

Facts on eclipses; the moon's earth's orbit; sirius and alpha centauri.

Show/hide 2. The Last Days of Superman (Superman) Comic story, 26 pages

Featuring

Feature
Superman
Genre
Superhero

Credits

Writing
Bill Woolfolk, scripter [as William Woolfolk]
Art
Al Plastino, penciller
 
Stan Kaye, inker
Editing
Whitney Ellsworth, editor [credited]
 
Mort Weisinger, editor [attributed] (actual)

Reprint history

First print
United States
Superman (DC, 1939 series) #66 (September-October 1950)
The Last Days of Superman!

Synopsis

Superman believes he is dying because he has come into contact with Kryptonite once too often.

Notes

Story was originally 12 pages.

Show/hide 3. The Machine that Played Cupid (Superman) Comic story, 24 pages

Featuring

Feature
Superman
Genre
Superhero

Credits

Writing
Al Schwartz, scripter [as Alvin Schwartz]
Art
Wayne Boring, penciller
 
Stan Kaye, inker
Editing
Whitney Ellsworth, editor [credited]
 
Mort Weisinger, editor [attributed] (actual)

Reprint history

First print
United States
Superman (DC, 1939 series) #66 (September-October 1950)
The Machine That Played Cupid!
Also printed
Australia
Super Adventure Comic (Colour Comics, 1950 series) #12 ([June 1951])
The Machine that Played Cupid!

Synopsis

Lois' old boyfriend Finney can't get anywhere in the world because of his persistent bad luck.

Notes

Story was originally 12 pages.

Show/hide 4. Lois Lane and Clark Kent, Detectives (Superman) Comic story, 30 pages

Featuring

Feature
Superman
Genre
Superhero

Credits

Writing
Al Schwartz, scripter [as Alvin Schwartz]
Art
Wayne Boring, penciller
 
Stan Kaye, inker
Editing
Whitney Ellsworth, editor [credited]
 
Jack Schiff, editor [attributed] (actual)

Reprint history

Based on
Australia
Super Adventure Comic (Colour Comics, 1950 series) #13 ([July 1951])
Lois Lane and Clark Kent, Detectives!
First print
United States
World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #45 (April-May 1950)
Lois Lane and Clark Kent, Detectives!

Notes

Story was originally 12 pages.

Show/hide 5. Untitled (Cap's Hobby Centre) Comic story, 1 page

"Looks like the boys are having fun making that snow man!"

Featuring

Feature
Cap's Hobby Centre
Genre
Humour

Credits

Writing
Henry Boltinoff, scripter
Art
Henry Boltinoff, line art
Text
Henry Boltinoff, letterer

Reprint history

First print
United States
Teen Titans (DC, 1966 series) #1 (January-February 1966)
Untitled
Also printed
Australia
Sky Riders Great Air Aces (Colour Comics, 1967 series) #2 ([April 1967?])
Cap's Hobby Center

Status

This issue includes help from

  • Mark Cannon

AusReprints ID

  • 1792

Entry created

  • 24/09/2004

Cover added

  • 15/03/2014

Index completed

  • 11/02/2012

Last updated

  • 14/11/2018